diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/organs/tongue.dm b/code/modules/surgery/organs/tongue.dm
index 9e6ba502eb3..e20f935f74e 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/organs/tongue.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/organs/tongue.dm
@@ -60,14 +60,18 @@
 /obj/item/organ/tongue/lizard/handle_speech(datum/source, list/speech_args)
 	var/static/regex/lizard_hiss = new("s+", "g")
 	var/static/regex/lizard_hiSS = new("S+", "g")
-	var/static/regex/lizard_kss = new("x+", "g")
-	var/static/regex/lizard_kSS = new("X+", "g")
+	var/static/regex/lizard_kss = new(@"(\w)x", "g")
+	var/static/regex/lizard_kSS = new(@"(\w)X", "g")
+	var/static/regex/lizard_ecks = new(@"\bx([\-|r|R]|\b)", "g")
+	var/static/regex/lizard_eckS = new(@"\bX([\-|r|R]|\b)", "g")
 	var/message = speech_args[SPEECH_MESSAGE]
 	if(message[1] != "*")
 		message = lizard_hiss.Replace(message, "sss")
 		message = lizard_hiSS.Replace(message, "SSS")
-		message = lizard_kss.Replace(message, "kss")
-		message = lizard_kSS.Replace(message, "KSS")
+		message = lizard_kss.Replace(message, "$1kss")
+		message = lizard_kSS.Replace(message, "$1KSS")
+		message = lizard_ecks.Replace(message, "ecks$1")
+		message = lizard_eckS.Replace(message, "ECKS$1")
 	speech_args[SPEECH_MESSAGE] = message
 
 /obj/item/organ/tongue/fly